Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2000 14:16:12 -0500 From: Will Andrews <andrews@technologist.com> To: Chuck Robey <chuckr@picnic.mat.net> Cc: Will Andrews <andrews@technologist.com>, Dan Langille <dan@freebsddiary.org>, ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: skip requires X? Message-ID: <20000201141612.A405@argon.blackdawn.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0002011338060.305-100000@picnic.mat.net>; from chuckr@picnic.mat.net on Tue, Feb 01, 2000 at 01:40:50PM -0500 References: <20000201125152.D373@argon.blackdawn.com> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0002011338060.305-100000@picnic.mat.net>
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On Tue, Feb 01, 2000 at 01:40:50PM -0500, Chuck Robey wrote: > We have *many* ports that have dependencies added above the minimum, > because they add more usefulness. Example is the kde* ports which all use > sound, and so have sound ports as dependencies. Trying to say that a > graphics port like gd isn't *well* justified in adding dependencies like a > graphics output device is ludicrous. Gee, then why was my kdevelop port's dependencies rejected? They all add "more usefulness", too. (And I seriously don't mean to elevate the tension here..) I think the solution would be what I've heard before - "optional dependencies", which I believe Jeremy Lea was working on... I'm not (in particular) complaining that much about this deficiency. However, things could be done differently, in a more flexible manner. -- Will Andrews <andrews@technologist.com> GCS/E/S @d- s+:+>+:- a--->+++ C++ UB++++ P+ L- E--- W+++ !N !o ?K w--- ?O M+ V-- PS+ PE++ Y+ PGP+>+++ t++ 5 X++ R+ tv+ b++>++++ DI+++ D+ G++>+++ e->++++ h! r-->+++ y? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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